I understand the basics of how the clutch/gears work and that if the input speed is too high for the gear, you shift to the gear that can handle the higher speed. But what makes that gear able to withstand that? Isn’t the gear smaller, which would make it spin faster?
Hope this makes sense to car people.
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No clue what you mean by input speed.
But If you’ve ever ridden a bicycle it’s similar.
A smaller gear means that the engine (you) have to pedal less to spin the tires one rotation. so for a given engine rpm a higher (smaller) gear means you go faster (more rotations of the tire)
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